Willie Brown’s downtown lobbying deal worth $100K

Former Mayor and current Chronicle columnist Willie Brown is being paid $100,000 to represent developers in their fight to roll back the special tax assessment for the new downtown Transbay Transit Center, according filings with the San Francisco Ethics Commission.

Boston Properties and a half-dozen other developers are paying Brown to try to cut the estimated $1.4.billion assessment they’re being asked to pay on the project, thanks to skyrocketing property values.